[Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)

Wed Mar 23 11:04:40 GMT 2011

OK, I've downloaded the code, followed the (very clear) instructions
in the tutorial and successfully chunked the text. Everything (so far)
is tickety-boo.

Many thanks!

On 23 March 2011 10:05, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> OK, right click on the desktop, make a new folder, right click on it and choose SVN Check Out, get the URL for the source code from http://code.google.com/p/xerte and away you go...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Barne
> Sent: 23 March 2011 10:05
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)
>
> All right, I get the hint. I'll read the -ing manual...
>
>
> On 23 March 2011 09:54, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> OK, now check out the source code from the svn.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Barne
>> Sent: 23 March 2011 09:54
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)
>>
>> OK, we've installed it...
>>
>>
>> On 23 March 2011 08:43, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> Can you install tortoise svn?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Barne
>>> Sent: 23 March 2011 08:43
>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)
>>>
>>> Sorry to be thick, but I can't work out how to download the dirtectory
>>> or where to put it. I've tried right-clicking and saving on individual
>>> files, but that doesn't work for files such as ffmpeg.exe. I gather
>>> there is something called an SVN client, but whatever it is, I'm sure
>>> I won't be allowed to install one at work.
>>>
>>> And where do I put this directory, if I do manage to download everything?
>>>
>>> Any shortcuts or tips for non/semi-geeks?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 March 2011 22:10, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> you need the whole directory, not just the rlo file.
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Barne [simonbarne at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: 22 March 2011 17:09
>>>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for that. However, when I preview chunker.rlo (as shown in the
>>>> tutorial) I don't get the buttons to the left of "Step 1: Select a piece of
>>>> media". I've tried it both at work and at home.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
>>>> Sent: 21 March 2011 2:19 PM
>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)
>>>>
>>>> Check out the xerte svn and you'll find chunker.rlo in
>>>> templates\mediaInteractions\src. Run it - you'll have to install Xerte.
>>>>
>>>> See the attached tutorial. Basically you load up a piece of media, load up,
>>>> paste in or write some text. Break it into the chunks you want (if these are
>>>> sentences it can split it on '.'s.)
>>>>
>>>> Play the media, press space to indicate the beginning of each chunk.
>>>>
>>>> It never quite got finished the way I'd like it, so use at your own risk -
>>>> but it works well enough. You might still need some fine tuning.
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Barne
>>>> Sent: 21 March 2011 14:08
>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)
>>>>
>>>> Could I ask again about this? I would like to make Dictations and Drag
>>>> and Drop Words interactivities with the Media
>>>> Interactions template, but don't know how to break the associated
>>>> transcript up into chunks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14 March 2011 16:25, Patrick Lockley
>>>> <Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry - the people who use it here have a Xerte chunking tool. When Julian
>>>> gets back I can ask whats best to do with this.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a chunking tool in the Xerte Online Toolkits template which
>>>> should paste over if you want to give that a try
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Barne
>>>>> Sent: 14 March 2011 13:15
>>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template
>>>> (XOT)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a Media Interactions template in XOT, but no chunking tool that I
>>>> can see.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone clarify how to break the transcript up into chunks by adding
>>>> code?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12 March 2011 14:33, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Julian started on something:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/xerte/source/browse/trunk/templates/mediaInteractio
>>>> ns/src/chunker.rlo?r=301
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a templates/mediainteractions menu in XOT (been a long time).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > From: simonbarne at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> > To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>
>>>>> > Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:27:30 +0000
>>>>>
>>>>> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template
>>>> (XOT)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Yes - and added the tags by hand.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If there is a chunking tool, where is it?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
>>>> Lockley
>>>>> > Sent: 12 March 2011 12:43 PM
>>>>> > To: Xerte discussion list
>>>>> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template
>>>> (XOT)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Did you paste the text in - i thought there was a chunking tool?
>>>>> > ________________________________________
>>>>> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> > [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Barne
>>>>> > [simonbarne at gmail.com]
>>>>> > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:27 PM
>>>>> > To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> > Subject: [Xerte] Transcript chunks in Media Interactions template (XOT)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > To make a Dictation or a Drag and Drop Words interactivity from the
>>>> Media
>>>>> > Interactions template, apparently you need to break up the transcript of
>>>> a
>>>>> > recording into chunks. I found an example in an old post in this mailing
>>>>> > list:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > <chunk s="3" e="6">here is a chunk of transcript</chunk>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I guessed the "s" was the starting point and the "e" the ending point of
>>>>> > the chunk in seconds, so I broke up my transcript like this:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > <chunk s="1" e="13">Blah blah</chunk>
>>>>> > <chunk s="13" e="28"> Blah blah blah</chunk>
>>>>> > <chunk s="28" e="40">and so on</chunk>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I still can't get either activity to work. The sound (an MP3 file) plays
>>>> for
>>>>> > only a moment. The whole transcript, not the first chunk, is very
>>>> briefly
>>>>> > highlighted in yellow. No randomised words appear in the Drag and Drop
>>>> Words
>>>>> > activity.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? Is there documentation anywhere?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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